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	Podcast:		voiceofthedba's podcast
	Episode:		Good Security Has Layers
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:02:42
	Publish Date:		2018-04-17 20:00:00
	Description:		How many of you have wanted to know who started or stopped a SQL instance? Probably a few of you, as disruption to the service can affect customers. Most of us are concerned with the changes made inside SQL Server to objects and data, and that's what the auditing features inside SQL Server are watching. The problem is that the database platform is dependent on the host OS, and as such, some actions take place at that level. Auditing inside SQL Server isn't setup to capture this information. Should you care? Well, restarts, or the stopping or a service are one way that a malicious actor could alter files, change the error log without you realizing it, or even copy files to other systems. All these actions might be outside of any auditing or event tracing you've set up. Good security needs multiple layers because the system you need to protect is often dependent on some other part of our infrastructure. Read the rest of Good Security Needs Layers
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